Granted vs Conceded - What's the difference?
granted | conceded |
(grant)
Given, awarded.
.
(used to mark the premise of a syllogistic argument)
(concede)
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To yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant; as, to concede the point in question.
To grant, as a right or privilege; to make concession of.
To admit to be true; to acknowledge.
To yield or make concession.
(sports) To have a goal or point scored against
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(cricket) (of a bowler) to have runs scored off of one's bowling.
As verbs the difference between granted and conceded
is that granted is (grant) while conceded is (concede).As an adverb granted
is .As a preposition granted
is (used to mark the premise of a syllogistic argument).granted
English
Verb
(head)- He was granted a patent on his invention.
Adverb
(-)- He's a good student and usually does well. Granted , he did fail that one test, but I think there were good reasons for that.
- ''"You haven't been a very good father." "Granted ."
Preposition
(English prepositions)- Granted that he has done nothing wrong, he should be set free.
- Granted the lack of evidence, we can make no such conclusion.
Synonyms
* (used to mark the premise of an argument) givenSee also
* take for grantedAnagrams
*conceded
English
Verb
(head)concede
English
Verb
(conced)- He conceded the race once it was clear he could not win.
- Kendall conceded defeat once she realized she could not win in a battle of wits.
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